Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-09-08
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"'lIow many men are thercF
Five.
"'Ano when am killedg
"'Your splendid diamonds shall be
mine.
Il rang the bell violently.
''lmnodiately five rnilians. armed
witt saorls. burst into the room.
"But held IN my hand a pistol. the
magic property Of whose load. when
exploded. rendered mutionless in their
several att tu,,cs all those who came
within reach of is charge. fired on
the intrut!crS. who were All live in
stantly bruaght To = deadlock, trans
muted, - Il we're. into ss',ae.
al turned toward Nine. d'Esner-
mcuii. who was still in her trance. and
asked whether these men were all her
accomplices.
"She nodded in the affirmative.
Then. said ], they shall witness
your punishment
''At once collecting all my mental
and physical energies put the fair
widow into SO deep state of trance
that her powers of clairvoyance were
increased hundredfold | mcsmer-
lied her until her teeth clattcred, and
asked her where she was.
"She sighed deeply. and muttercd:
"'In region of thick ice aud in
tense coldr And she wrung her hands
and CRASHED her teeth.
81 continued mcsmerizlng her I'M
til the tips of her fingers quivered and
curled backward.
"'Now, what do you see?' asked.
"a stiilcd groan escaped her lips:
"'Fire! she walled. - place where
there is nothing but fire! Oh. have
mercyr
Mot yet | said. descend still
lower and tell me what you see.'
II gave her few more magnetic
passes.
soon she foamed at the mouth, and
her eyes started from their sockets.
Now, said |. where are you?
"'Oh, horror of horrorsp she
shrieked, while her whole frame shook
and writhed in the most appalling
manner; Il am in hell, and surrounded
by all the spirits of the damnedp
''Of course, while this scene lasted
her accomplices. although unable to
move, were fully alive to the signiii-
cancc of the awful experience their
mistress had undergone but they could
render her no assistance. With a few
more waves of my hands might have
sent her soul down forever into that
abode of Indebtedness and despair on
whose brink she now raved, but re-
versed the mesmeric fluid aud by slow
degrees brought her back to her first
trance.
Like pillars of salt the nice little
party stood rooted there, with Nine.
d'Esnermeuil, like the late Mrs. Lot,
by their side. | east last look on
the group, wrapped myself in a dense
cloud of incense, and flew away.
1.-THE police. when they came on the
spot, found Nine. d'Esnermeuil the
next morning surrounded by her
braves, still planted where had left
them. They were with difficulty re-
stored to a proper sense of their situa-
ton.
Cardinal Mazarin, whose acquaint-
ance had made through Maria Man
cini, gave our gay city of Paris the
amusing spectacle of seeing the hand
some widow hanged by her fair neck,
aud her whole gang of accomplices
broken on the wheel in the Place de
Greve, then the usual place for execu-
tions of this sort. Ann Of Austria,
the queen mother, and the entire court
were present on this occasion and en-
joyed tho sight exceedingly.
II take single drop Of my rejuvc-
mating panacea on every change Of
the moon, and it agrees well with me,
as am now 2,586 years old"